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#121 |
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![]() Sounds like some low-life owned that beer-covered PC.
The worst porn software seemed to peak during 2002-2004. And that was the peak porn-dialer era! While malware in general, especially non-porn-related malware, started going into overdrive during 2006. Before 2006, malware usually came from porn sites.
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#122 |
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![]() I only use isoproply alcohol and a a brush antitastic.
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#123 |
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![]() I have tossed my keyboard in the dishwasher, They come out NICE... People online thought I was joking. It was really bad, the cat knocked over a can of soda right into it. I didn't see it until it was VERY sticky. Just use some care and common sense.
I had nothing to lose... It was a Focus programmable keyboard, sigh.. I wish I could still get them. |
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#124 |
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#125 |
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![]() I had one with the case cover off for awhile and a mouse pee'd on the MB. Wasn't a good MB after I fired it up...LOL
I thought the minerals in tap water was a problem??? I used distilled. Last edited by sscharlie; 01-20-2014 at 02:44 PM.. |
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#126 |
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![]() nice... tnx for the info sir
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#127 |
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![]() In this case, I wouldn't be surprised if the crashing was because of the filth!
At least based on my experience on my Asus P5QL Pro board, which out of the blue got random and frequent freezes when booting the Parted Magic Linux distro. I was like, "what the bleep?!" And it was actually crashing when I wasn't even close to running anything demanding! So I cleaned the board with a moistened paint brush and reseated all the RAM and cards. Since that, the P5QL Pro board has always been normal. But, I noticed one of the Fujitsu cap leads bridged with dust! Last edited by RJARRRPCGP; 01-28-2014 at 05:43 PM.. |
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#128 |
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![]() I've had to tear down and clean plenty of Megatouch and JVL games before. Those things sit in a bar for 24 hours a day and some of them get hammered so hard with cigarette smoke that you literally have to take out the cooling fans, lay them on a paper towel, and bathe them in 409. If left unchecked for too long you're guaranteed failure because the layer of nicotine will build up to the point where it will load down a fan and destroy it.
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#129 |
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![]() just did a sink wash job on a power supply,mainboard,and monitor for a sega choplifter.
while i had it torn down for the overhaul the games owner washed the cabinet inside and out. looks and plays like new now.it goes down in the record books as the nastiest arcade game i have seen.and i did not find a single cap in it that would be considered good. this thing must have never been turned off from new and played by a mob of chainsmokers! |
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![]() Wow! The only arcade game I saw that even compared to this was Vapor TRX, at the arcade in downtown Bellows Falls, Vt, IIRC.
It literally crashed like a PC! I kept seeing an error message on a black screen, (and sometimes may just crash without an error message) like a X86 PC crash, LOL. Acted like a PC with a bad overclock! Just like someone getting kicked in the nuts for expecting a 5.5+ Ghz OC on a cheap ass CPU core, LOL. Last edited by RJARRRPCGP; 02-28-2014 at 09:13 PM.. |
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![]() I once repaired an XBox 360 that was clearly owned by a chainsmoker, when I popped the top off the case you couldn't see anything as every surface was covered in this nasty brown dust/smoke fuzz that had a horrendous smell. You could probably have gotten cancer just looking at that thing.
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![]() i have built a rack for my dryer that keeps the board suspended in the center (not tumbling) and it drys the boards (and occasional radio chassis) very fast.
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![]() In fact, this can happen even when the water is applied from the outside - I had just a tiny bit with soap on the outside to clear up the screen. Didn't quite do what I wanted this time, but it provided a good opportunity to clean up the buttons and d-pad. Older Game Boys are much better in this regard - you can get steamy water in behind the screen of a Game Boy Pocket and it dries out just fine. |
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#134 |
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![]() the smoke part of the title of this thread brought back some memories of old radios and t.v. sets where when you opened them up you knew it was from the house of a smoker . I am glade I never got that bad habit .
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#135 |
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![]() Hi, Im in the UK. (funny how most forums originate in the US)
Anyway yet another place that doesnt do meangreen or whatever. Never heard of the stuff. That said, the Nazis in the EU have banned almost everything usefull. However, experience briefly working for HP and a semi conductor research institute at a local uni, allows me to share this info. Remember all chip / si devices are not affected by water. And even after each process stage from mask aligining, etching, thin film coating etc. all get a good wash. Basically a 3 stage clean. Acetone, methanol, ipa. And a good dunk in each. After which, a good thorough rinse inDE IONISED water. Then a good blow dry from dry nitrogen. 1/2 or so on a hot plate (in laminar flow bench to out gas anything?) some processes use nasty gasses and even cyanide. Then couple of hours or more in an oven at 75'C But at home for phones or similar I use lighter fuel to clean pcb, or just ipa, then a modified toaster oven. However to clean any beige pc plastics, there's a product called Mr Muscle kitchen cleaner. Comes up like new. ![]() |
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#137 |
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![]() the important part is the drying.
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#138 |
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![]() Sweet Tea? You spilled sweet tea into the motherboard? The sugar is probably what caused the problem, and that might have been removed if it were cleaned. Also, water/liquid on the CMOS battery is bad.
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#139 |
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![]() Last night I went to clean the PSB for a TV with 91% isopropyl alcohol with a toothbrush to get the solder flux off and clean it up in general. I read most of this 7 page thread but I did not see anyone mention this.. But after scrubbing board and rinsing it down with more alcohol, it left a white residue that would disappear when you touch it with your fingers. Is that normal? Or do I need to rinse with distilled water afterwards and let dry?
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#140 |
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![]() white residue is flux still on the board, it turns white when it gets wet.
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